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Chunchula, AL
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Living in Chunchula



Chunchula is a tiny town located in the state of Alabama. With a population of 195 people and two associated neighborhoods, Chunchula is the 385th largest community in Alabama.

The overall crime rate in Chunchula is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Chunchula has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Chunchula has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Chunchula than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Chunchula may be for you.

One downside of living in Chunchula is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Chunchula, the average commute to work is 32.09 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Chunchula is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Chunchula, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 100.00% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Being a small town, Chunchula does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The education level of Chunchula citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 20.00% of adults 25 and older in Chunchula have a college degree.

The per capita income in Chunchula in 2022 was $24,022, which is lower middle income relative to Alabama, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $96,088 for a family of four. However, Chunchula contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Chunchula also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 53.52% of its population below the federal poverty line.

Chunchula is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Chunchula home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Chunchula residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Chunchula include English, European, African, Yugoslavian, and Other West Indian.

The most common language spoken in Chunchula is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Arabic.


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